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Incentive Pay for Active Duty Pilots, CSOs

4/8/2015

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Active Duty pilots and combat systems officers
may be eligible for up to $25,000 per year incentive pay under the Fiscal 2015
Aviator Retention Pay Program, according to an April 6 release.
Lieutenant colonels and below
“who will not reach 16 years of total Active-federal military service by the
end of the fiscal year that their undergraduate flying training ADSC expires”
may apply by Sept. 30. “Also, these officers must be qualified for operational
flying duty and entitled to and receiving monthly flight pay,” states the
release. The monetary incentives vary from $10,000 to $25,000 per year
depending on aviator category and the length of the ARP contract. Some
categories may receive 50 percent of the ARP total up front, states the
release. “The Air Force continues to expand previous ARP programs to decisively
and deliberately shape and retain the rated force,” said Brig.
Gen. Brian Kelly, the director of military force management policy.
“External factors such as new Congressional mandates and a stabilized economy
make these incentives vital to sustaining a predictable inventory of rated
officers for the future.”